The University of Dubuque's nursing program will receive $430,348 from the U.S. Department of Education. U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has announced that he was successful in securing the money, which was included in the 2008 comprehensive spending package.

Lifting the ban on taxpayer funding of research on new stem cells from fertilized embryos would better serve both science and the nation, the chief of the National Institutes of Health told lawmakers Monday.

By Tabassum Zakaria and Joanne Kenen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush used his first veto
on Wednesday to block legislation to expand embryonic stem-cell
research, putting him at odds with top scientists and most
Americans, including some in his own Republican Party.

on May 4.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats sought on Thursday
to jump-start a long-awaited debate on legislation to allow
federal funding of embryonic stem cell research by considering
it while it debates other health measures this month.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House counsel John
Dean, who helped push President Richard Nixon from office
during the Watergate scandal three decades ago, heads to
Capitol Hill on Friday to back an uphill attempt to censure
President George W. Bush.

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on
Wednesday narrowly passed a $602 billion bill to cut funds for
health, education and labor programs nearly one month after a
slightly different version of the measure was unexpectedly
rejected.

By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House and Senate negotiators working
on a $100 billion agriculture spending bill voted on Tuesday to
allow states to privatize the food stamp program, which helps
25 million people put food on the table monthly.